Australia mourns for mother and 10-year-old daughter killed in Sri Lanka terror attacks

The former Australian residents were attending a service at the church in Negombo when they were tragically killed, a family friend has told SBS News.

Australia mourns for mother and daughter wo died in Sri Lanka's terror attacks. Source: Supplied

The Australian Sinhalese community is in mourning after the news that two of its members were killed in Sunday's Sri Lankan terror attacks. 

At a vigil in Melbourne for those who lost their lives, Fahim Mawjood told SBS News that Australian citizens Manik Suriyaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter Alexendria were killed when a bomb went off inside the church in Negombo.

“They were here, they were Australian citizens and they went back three or four years back to look after their mother,” he said.